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BUNNYSat HOME 

BY 

JOHN H. JEWETT 

AUTHOR OF “the BUNiJy STORIES,” ETC. 

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR 
AND BLACK-AND-WHITE 
by CULMER BARNES 



NEW YORK 

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY 

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COPYRIGHT, l8g2, IQIS, BY 

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I 

^T^HE home of the Bunny family was once 
a sunny hillside, overrun with wild- 
rose bushes and berry-vines, with a little 
grove of white birches, pines, and other trees, 
on the north side, to shelter it from the cold 
winds of winter. 

The place had no name of its own until the 
Bunnys and their neighbors found it out, and 
came there to live. 

After that, it became much like any other 
thickly settled neighborhood, where all the 
families had children and all the children ran 
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wild, and so they called it “Runwild Terrace.” 

This was a long time ago, when all the wild 
creatures talked with each other, and behaved 
very much as people do nowadays, and were 
for the most part kind and friendly to each 
other. 

Their wisest and best teachers used to tell 
them, as ours tell us now, that they all be- 
longed to one great family, and should live 
in peace like good brothers and sisters. 

I am afraid, however, they sometimes for- 
got the relationship, just as we do when we 
are proud or greedy or ill-natured, and were 
sorry for it afterward. 

The Bunnys of Runwild Terrace were very 
much like all the rest — plain, sensible, and 
well-bred folks. 

The father and mother tried to set a good 

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example by being quiet and neighborly, and 
because they were always kind to the poor 
and sick, they were called ‘‘Deacon Bunny” 
and “Mother Bunny” by their friends and 
neighbors. 

The Bunny children were named Bunny- 
boy, who was the eldest, Browny, his brother, 
and their sisters. Pinkeyes and Cuddledown; 
and their parents were anxious that the chil- 
dren should grow up to be healthy, honest, 
truthful, and good-natured. 

They were a happy family, fond of each 
other, and of their Cousin Jack, who lived 
with them. 

One of Cousin Jack’s legs was shorter than 
the other, and he had to use a pair of crutches 
to help him walk or hop about, but he was 
very nimble on his “wooden legs,” as he called 

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them, and could beat most of the bunnies in a 
race on level ground. 

He had been lame so long, and almost 
everyone was so kind to him because he was 
a cripple, that he had got used to limping 
about, and did not mind being called “Lame 
Jack,” by some of the thoughtless neighbors. 

The Bunny family, however, always called 
him “Cousin Jack,” which was a great deal 
better and kinder, because no one really likes 
to be reminded of a misfortune, or to wear a 
nickname, like a label on a bottle of medicine. 

Cousin Jack was a jolly, good-natured fel- 
low, and the bunnies all liked him because he 
was so friendly and cheerful, and willing to 
make the best of everything that happened to 
go wrong. 

If it rained and spoiled the croquet fun, or 

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upset the plans for a pienic, Cousin Jack 
would say, “Well, well; I don’t think it is 
going to be much of a flood ; let us have a little 
home-made sunshine indoors until the shower 
is over.” 

Then he would help them make a boat, or 
a kite, and mend the broken toys, or tell them 
stories, until they would forget all about the 
disappointment, and say that a day with him 
was almost as good fun as a picnic. 

Besides a pleasant home and many kind 
friends, these fortunate bunnies had no end of 
beautiful books, pretty toys, and games, and 
best of all, a loving, patient mother, to watch 
over them and care for them as only a mother 
can. 

With so many things in their lives to help 
them to be good, they had no excuse for not 

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growing up to be a comfort to the family and 
a credit to the neighborhood, and I think they 
did. 

At any rate, they had lots of fun, and these 
stories about them are told to show other little 
folks how the bunnies behaved, and what hap- 
pened to them when they were good or 
naughty. 



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T^VER since Bunnyboy and Browny were 
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made a little flower-garden every year, in a 
sunny spot on the south side of the house. 
Pinkeyes used to watch her brothers taking 
care of the flower-beds, and soon learned to 
love the pretty grasses and leaves and buds 
and the smell of the freshly spaded earth, and 
one day she said she would like to have a 
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It was almost winter, however, before she 
thought of it, and remembered that it takes 

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time for plants to grow and blossom, and 
that the gardens in the north where she lived 
were covered with snow and ice in the win- 
ter. 

When Pinkeyes wanted anything she 
wanted it in a hurry, and so she asked her 
father what flowers came earliest after the 
snow was gone. 

He told her that of all the wild flowers, the 
fragrant pink and white arbutus was first to 
peep out from under the dead leaves and 
grass, to see if the spring had come. 

Sometimes the buds were in such a hurry 
to get a breath of the mild spring air, and a 
glimpse of the sunshine, that a tardy snow- 
storm caught them with their little noses un- 
covered, and gave them a taste of snow-broth 
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until the warm south winds and the sun had 
driven the snow away. 

Pinkeyes said she wanted a whole garden 
of arbutus, but her father told her that this 
strange, shy wildling did not like gardens, but 
preferred to stay out in the fields, where it 
could have a whole hillside tangle or pasture 
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leaves to hide under when winter came again. 

When her father saw how disappointed she 
was, he told her if she would try to be good- 
natured and patient when things went wrong, 
they would get some crocus-bulbs and put 
them in the ground before the frost came, and 
in the spring she would have a whole bed of 
white and yellow and purple crocuses, which 
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Ever so many times in the winter, when the 
children were enjoying the snow and ice, 
Pinkeyes wondered what her crocus-bulbs 
were doing down under the ground, and if 
they would know when it was spring and time 
to come up. 

After the snow was gone she watched every 
day for their coming, and sure enough, one 
morning there were little rough places on the 
crocus bed, and the next day she found 
a row of delicate green shoots and tiny buds 
trying to push themselves up out of the 
ground. 

Every day they grew bigger and prettier, 
and more of them came up, until there were 
enough to spare some of each color for a bou- 
quet, without spoiling the pretty picture they 
made out of doors, where everybody who 
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came that way could see and enjoy the flowers, 
and be sure that spring had really come. 

The very first handful she picked was put 
into a bowl of water, and looked very fresh 
and dainty on the breakfast-table. 

Pinkeyes felt quite proud of her first crocus- 
blossoms, and almost cried when her mother 
said that it would be a kind thing to do, to 
take them over to neighbor Woodchuck, 
whose children were sick and who had no 
crocus bed on their lawn to look at while they 
had to stay in the house to get well. 

Pinkeyes thought it would be a good excuse 
for not doing so, to say she did not know the 
way; for she had never been so far away from 
home alone; but her father said he was going 
over that way and would take her with him, 
if she wished to carry the flowers to the tired 
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mother and the sick children; and so they 
started off with the crocuses carefully 
wrapped in soft damp cotton to keep them 
fresh. 

When Pinkeyes handed the flowers to Mrs. 
Woodchuck, she said: “Here is the first 
bunch of blossoms we have picked from my 
crocus bed, and my mother thought that you 
would like to have some to brighten the room 
while the children are sick, and we have 
plenty more at home.’’ 

The family were all delighted with the 
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not seen anything so bright and cheery for a 
long time, and they all thanked Pinkeyes so 
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how unwilling she had been at first to give the 
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When she came home she told her mother 
about the call, and how pleased they were 
with the simple gift; and her mother asked 
her how many crocuses she had left in the 
bed, and she said, “More than twenty.” Then 
her mother asked how many she had given 
away, and she said, “Only six,” and Pinkeyes 
began to see what her mother meant, and that 
a little given away made one happier than a 
great deal kept all to one’s self. 

Then Pinkeyes went out and looked at those 
left growing in the bed, and whispered softly 
to them, “Now I know what flowers are made 
for.” And all the little buds looked up at her 
as if to say, “Tell us, if you know” ; and so she 
whispered again the answer, “To teach selfish 
folks to be kind and generous, and to make 
sick folks glad.” 


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Every day new buds opened, and Pinkeyes 
had a fresh bouquet each morning, and also 
enough to give away, until the other flower- 
beds which her brothers had planted began to 
bear blossoms for the summer. 



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flower-garden than Bunnyboy, who was 
older and liked to play circus, and croquet, 
and to watch base-ball games; and so Browny 
began to take care of the flower-beds alone. 

He liked to plant new seeds and watch them 
come up, and wait for the buds to open, but 
the hardest part of the work was to keep the 
neighbors’ hens away from the lawn. 

These hens seemed to think there was no 
place like a freshly made flower-bed to 
scratch holes to roll in ; and when no on^ was 

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looking they would walk right out of a large 
open corn-field, where there was more loose 
earth than they could possibly use, and begin 
to tear that flower-garden to pieces. 

One old yellow hen, that was lazy and 
clumsy about everything else, would work 
herself tired, every time she could get in there, 
trying to bury herself in the soft loam of the 
garden. 

Browny’s father. Deacon Bunny, told 
Browny he might scare the hens away as often 
as they came, but must not hurt them with 
clubs or stones, because they belonged to their 
good neighbor Coon. 

Browny thought it was strange that a good 
neighbor should keep such a mischievous hen 
as Old Yellow; but the Deacon said that peo- 
ple who kept hens in a crowded neighbor- 
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hood, and let them run at large, usually cared 
more about fresh eggs and other things to eat 
than for flowers, and as a rule, such people 
did not lie awake at night thinking about the 
trouble their hens gave other folks. 

One day, when Browny was complaining 
about the yellow hen, Bunnyboy came rush- 
ing in to ask his father to get a croquet set, 
and said their lawn was just the place for a 
good croquet ground. 

The Deacon said at once that he thought it 
would be a good place, and if the neighbors’ 
children would all turn out and enjoy the 
game with them, the plan Bunnyboy sug- 
gested might help to rid them of the daily 
hen-convention on the lawn, and save the 
flower-beds. The next day he brought the 
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When the Bunnys opened their new cro- 
quet box, they found four mallets and four 
balls, and nine arches and two stakes, all 
painted and striped with red, white, blue and 
yellow, to match each other. 

The first thing they did was to begin quar- 
relling lustily about who should have the first 
choice, for each of the players preferred the 
blue ball and mallet. 

When the Deacon heard the loud talking 
on the lawn, he came out, shut up the box and 
said the croquet exercises would not begin 
until they could behave themselves, and settle 
the question of the first choice like well-bred 
children, without any more wrangling. 

Bunnyboy happened to remember that he 
was the oldest, and said the best way was to 
give the youngest the first choice and so on. 

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The Deacon said that was all right, and that 
they were all old enough to learn how much 
happier it makes everyone feel to be yielding 
and generous, even in little things, than to be 
selfish and try to get one’s own way in every- 
thing. 

So they all agreed, and each bunny took a 
mallet and began a game, and they had rare 
fun knocking the balls about, trying to drive 
them through the arches without pushing 
them through, which was not fair play. 

By and by Chivy Woodchuck and his 
brother Chub heard the clatter, and came 
over to see the fun, and wanted to play with 
them. 

Then came the question, who should play, 
and who should not, for all six could not play 
with but four mallets. Of course the visitors 
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The first thing they did was to begin quarrelling lustily. 



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should have first place, and two of the Bunnys 
must give up their mallets and balls. 

Bunnyboy tried to settle it by asking Pink- 
eyes and Cuddledown to go into the kitchen 
and tease the cook for some ginger cakes, 
while the others played a game. They liked 
this plan, and so the boys each had a mallet 
and the game went on nicely, until Chivy 
Woodchuck knocked the red ball into the 
muddy gutter and the other side refused to 
go and get it. Then another dispute began. 

Bunnyboy thought Chivy ought to get the 
ball, and Chivy said Bunnyboyought to get it 
himself; and so, instead of keeping good-na- 
tured, they stood sulking and scolding until 
the other children came back. 

When Cuddledown heard the talking, she 
went and picked up the muddy ball, wiped it 

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Cuddledown went and picked up the muddy ball. 


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on her dress, and brought it back to the lawn, 
just as the Deacon came out to see what the 
new quarrel was about. 

Bunnyboy and Chivy were so ashamed of 
having made such a fuss about doing a little 
thing that the youngest bunny could do in a 
minute without being asked, that they begged 
each other’s pardon, and went on with the 
game. 

Deacon Bunny told Cuddledown that she 
was a good child to get the ball and stop the 
dispute, and that she had begun early to be a 
little peace-maker; but the next time she had 
a muddy ball to clean she should wipe it on 
the grass instead of her dress, because it was 
easier for the rain to wash the grass than for 
busy mothers to keep their children clean and 
tidy. 


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All the summer they had jolly times with 
the croquet, but the old yellow hen did not 
like having so many little folks around, and 
had to hunt up a new place to scratch holes 
to roll herself in. 

But Browny had both a flower- and vege- 
table-garden next year, and the old yellow 
hen never troubled him any more. 



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